What Causes High Uric Acid Levels? | Dr. David Perlmutter and Dr. Casey Means

Our bodies make uric acid from alcohol. Uric acid can cause gout and is a marker of worsened metabolic health. It also encourages fat production and storage and drives mitochondrial dysfunction, which can harm brain and cardiovascular health.

For A Whole New Level, Levels Advisor David Perlmutter, MD, and Levels Co-Founder and author of “Good Energy” Casey Means, MD, discuss the problems with high uric acid and the foods and drinks that can lead to elevated levels.

But some types of alcohol are worse offenders than others:

Wine in moderation offers some benefit to lowering uric acid levels in women, but not men.
Hard alcohol raises uric acid levels in everyone.
Beer is the worst offender when it comes to raising uric acid levels because it contains purines.

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